oh no that didn't happen to me, I was just quoting from the site, damn now that would have been funny though. Although one time Paradise tried pinging my IP address and complained that it wasn't responding, I had to explain to them about ICMP ping and that my firewall at the time was dropping the packets they had sent, kind of strange. It's also kind of sad when ISPs don't support the same operating system that pretty much runs the internet! /rant over :) > really, > I am so sick of NZ view of linux, It really makes you wonder > that's why we need more active LUG's and events to change > the view's of the public, You should have said "we'll because Microsoft > is so broken and brain damaged I use Linux" > thats a shame aye, what provider was it? > > Ben > :-) > >> While surfing around I came across this website: >> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_os.shtml >> >> and this little gem; >> "I was calling to sign up with a new DSL provider. When the guy asked >> what operating system I was using, I said, "Linux." I was put on hold >> for five minutes, and then a supervisor came back and told me, "You >> can't use Linux to connect to the Internet. It's a hacker tool, >> anyway." I almost fell out of my chair." >> >> Should make a few of you all laugh :) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KLUG mailing list >> KLUG at linux.net.nz >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug > > _______________________________________________ > KLUG mailing list > KLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug
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